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<h1><a name="_get"></a>Get</h1>

<p>The <b>Get </b>method takes the name of a counter and returns the current value of the
counter. If the counter doesn't exist, the method creates it and sets it to 0.</p>

<h2>Syntax</h2>

<pre><b>Counters.Get</b>(<i>CounterName</i>)
 </pre>

<h2>Parameters</h2>

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  <dt><i>CounterName</i></dt>
  <dd>A string containing the name of the counter.</dd>
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<h2>Example</h2>

<p>Display the value a counter with <code>&lt;%= Counters.Get(<i>CounterName</i>) %&gt;</code>.
Assign the value of the counter to a variable with <code>&lt;% countervar = Counters.Get(<i>CounterName</i>)
%&gt;</code>. </p>

<p>The following script displays the vote tally from a poll about favorite colors. </p>

<pre>&lt;% If colornumber = &quot;1&quot; Then 
    Counters.Increment(&quot;greencounter&quot;) 
Else 
    If colornumber = &quot;2&quot; Then 
        Counters.Increment(&quot;bluecounter&quot;) 
    Else 
        If colornumber = &quot;0&quot; Then 
            Counters.Increment(&quot;redcounter&quot;) 
        End If 
    End If 
End If %&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Current vote tally:
&lt;P&gt;red: &lt;% =Counters.Get(&quot;redcounter&quot;) %&gt;
&lt;P&gt;green: &lt;% = Counters.Get(&quot;greencounter&quot;) %&gt; 
&lt;P&gt;blue: &lt;% = Counters.Get(&quot;bluecounter&quot;) %&gt;
 </pre>

<h2>Applies To</h2>

<p>Counters component</p>

<h2>See Also</h2>

<p><a href="counter3.htm"><b>Increment</b></a>, <a href="counter4.htm"><b>Remove</b></a>, <a
href="counter5.htm"><b>Set</b></a> </p>
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